Begin with the end in mind is standard advice. And is still a missed dynamic in most planning. It’s the big picture, not the individual project, that gets forgotten. Working backwards is the critical way forward.

We rely too often on our own credibility or research or vendor propaganda to sell our proposals. We rely too little on the best way we know that what we know is right.

You must lead the way for technology and business to communicate for a change. And for the change to mean anything, you are going to have to change the environment in which all this talking is taking place.

It’s not what you don’t know or overlook that bites you as a leader. It’s what is right in front of you that you choose to ignore. Two changes will change everything

CIOs are in a unique position to lead the most critical conversations businesses now face in the wake of global AI. Three discussions - the philosophical, the practical and the positional are essential.

The CIO role is always changing. Now, some say it is soon to be on its way out. Is the CIO going to be replaced by the technology they have championed? No. You are more than a Chief Information Officer. You are the Chief Insight Officer. And that is key.